DR JIVRAJ MEHTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MOGAR

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

SUB: Hydrology & Water resources Engineering

ASSIGNMENT: 1
1 / Explain various purpose of reservoir with types of reservoir.
2 / Explain with neat sketch storage zones of a reservoir.
3 / Explain different types of Reservoir Losses.
4 / What do you mean by Reservoir Yield?
5 / Explain how the storage capacity of a reservoir is fixed?
6 / What are the various causes for the reservoir sedimentation?
7 / How would you reduce the rate of sedimentation?
8 / Explain the following term.
  1. Density Currents
  2. Trap Efficiency
  3. Suspended Load
  4. Bed Load
  5. Measurement of Sediment Load

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ASSIGNMENT: 2
1 / Differentiate Hydroelectric and thermal power plants.
2 / Explain the following terms.
Gross Head, Net Head, Operating Head, Installed Capacity, Capacity Factor, Firm Power, Secondary Power, Load Factor, Power Factor, Utilization Factor, Storage, Poundage
3 / Explain the classification Hydro electrical Plant
4 / Explain the classification Hydro electrical Plant based on head.
5 / Explain the classification Hydro electrical Plant based on fall.
6 / Show general arrangement of a hydro power project.
7 / What are the principal components of a hydro electrical scheme? Discuss the utility of each component.
8 / Write short note on Surge tank and their types.
9 / Explain Penstocks in detailed.
10 / Write short note on Power House and their components.
11 / Write short note on selection Turbine.
12 / Distinguish between storage plant and run-off river plant.

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ASSIGNMENT: 3
1 / Explain various causes of flood.
2 / Discuss the use of levees and flood wall for the flood control. What are their relative advantages and disadvantages?
3 / Explain structural and non structural approaches of controlling damage due to flood.
4 / Explain the Non- structural flood measures.
5 / Write short note on :
a)Flood Wall
b)Levees
c)Flood control by storage reservoir.
6 / Explain flood alleviation by Flood plain zoning and flood proofing.
7 / Write detail note on flood management.

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ASSIGNMENT: 4
1 / Differentiate the following.
a)Channel routing and Reservoir routing.
b)Prism storage and wedge storage.
2 / Define flood routing. What are the uses of flood routing?
3 / Explain the method of design flood estimation using the rational method.
4 / How would you estimate flood for a flood control project? Explain briefly.
5 / Discuss in brief Reservoir routing and channel routing.
6 / Explain clearly Design Flood and Time Concentration.
7 / Define:
a)Maximum Probable Flood ( MPF )
b)Standard Project Flood ( SPF )
c)Design Flood
8 / Explain flood frequency methods for estimation of peak flood.
9 / Explain Gumbel’s distribution method for estimation of peak flood.
10 / List the methods for estimation of peak flood and explain envelope curve method.
11 / Explain Log –Pearson Type-III distribution method for peak flood estimation.

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